Defect card holder



Aug. 6, 1 s. H. CAMPBELL ET AL 2,210,063

I DEFECT CARD HOLDER Filed Sept. 22, 1939 FlG.'l. i

GAS 8 G '6 l3 WIIIIIIIIIIIIII Illl INVENTORS S. H. CAMPBE LL BY @HPIETZSGH ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 6, 1940 UNITED STATES DEFECT CARD HGLDER Sterling H. Campbell and n. Pietzsoh, St. Louis, Mo., assignors to Western Railway Equipment Company, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application September 22, 1939;:S'erialNo. 296,065

5 Claims.

Our invention relates to a holder for cards or similar articles. It is particularly designed to hold What are known as defect cards, that is, cards showing the condition of a railway car. According to railway regulations, such a card must be attached to a defective car when transferred from one road to another to determine responsibility for repair costs. The cards may be either tacked to the under-frame of the car or enclosed in a holder. The latter method has been found more desirable both because of facility of operation and because protection against the weather is provided to preserve legibility.

Heretofore when a holder has been employed it has usually been of such form as to receive the card in fiat condition. Such a holder is shown in Patent No. 1,997,041 of April 9, 1935. The object of the present invention is to provide a holder of tubular form to receive a rolled card. By this means we are enabled to not only reduce the amount of metal required to construct the holder but to simplify its structure. Hence the cost of manufacture is greatly reduced.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates one form of holder made in accordance with our invention; Figure 1 is a front elevation; Figure 2 is an end view; Figure 3 is an enlarged front view of a portion of the holder showing the lid in raised position; Figure 4 is a top plan view; Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1; and Figure 6 is a section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 1.

The body of the holder is formed from a rectangular sheet of metal. This sheet is bent upon cular as best shown in Figure 5. One edge of the I sheet is turned over to form a flange 9 which is secured to the body, preferably by welding, adjacent the junction of the sheath and base plate. Adjacent one end of the sheath it is provided with a bead l forming an internal groove for the reception of an end piece ll providing a permanent closure for this end of the sheath. The closure is thus secured without the use of welding and loosening of the end piece by rotation is prevented by its deviation from circular form. The opposite end of the sheath from the closure II is left open except for the lid or cover, hereinafter to be described. The sheath at this end is provided with a finger opening [2 to permit engagement of the card by the thumb and fingers when the card is being removed.

Closure means for the open end of the sheath n itself to form a tubular sheath 1 and an integral is provided by a pivotal member preferably stamped from a single piece of sheet metal. This member comprises a cover plate l3, a lid l4 and an apron l5. The cover plate lies against the base plate and is pivoted to it by means of a pivot or trunnion l6 passing through the two plates. The axis of the trunnion is thus in a plane transverse to the bore of the sheath permitting the cover plate to move in a path parallel with the bore. As the lid projects laterally at right angles from the cover plate, it swings in across the bore of the sheath in an arcuate path (AB Figure 3) to cover and uncover the open end. At the same time the apron l5 covers and uncovers the finger opening l2. To facilitate the movement of th' closure means on its pivot, the apron is provided .with an out-turned lip II.

In use, the holder is attached to the underframe of a car by any suitable means such as bolts or rivets passing through holes I8 in the base plate. To insert the card it is rolled into cylindrical form and inserted through theopen end while it'is uncovered by holding the closure means in its raised position as shown in Figure 3. Upon release of the cover means it will return to the position shown in Figure 1 by gravity, thus covering both the upper end and the finger openingto fully protect the enclosed card. The finger opening permits the edge of the card to be uncover said open end, the pivot of said lid having its axis in a plane transverse to the bore of the sheath.

2. A railway car-defect card holder formed of a sheet of metal bent upon itself to provide a tubular sheath and an-integral base plate, said sheath having an internal groove adjacent one end, a plate held in position by said groove to close said end, the other end of the sheath being open for the insertion and removal of a card, and a lid pivoted to the base plate adjacent the open end of the sheath in position to swing across the bore thereof in an arcuate path to cover and uncover said open end, the pivot of said lid having its axis in a plane transverse to the bore of the sheath.

3. A railway car defect card holder formed of a sheet of metal bent upon itself to provide a tubular sheath and an integral base plate, said sheath having an internal groove adjacent one end, a plate held in position by said groove to close said end, the other end of the sheath being open for the insertion and removal of a card, said sheath having a finger opening for manual engagement of the card, a lid pivoted to the base plate adjacent the open end of the sheath in position to swing across the bore thereof in an arcuate path to cover and uncover said open end, and an apron carried by said lid to cover and uncover the finger insertion and removal of a card, said sheath having a finger opening for manual engagement of the card, a base plate for securing said sheath to a car, closure means for the sheath, said means comprising a cover plate pivoted to said base plate to move in a path parallel to the bore of said sheath, a lid extending forwardly from said cover plate to swing across said bore in an arcuate path to cover and uncover the open end, and an apron for covering and uncovering said finger opening.

5. A railwaycarsdefect card holder comprising a tubular sheath having an'open end for'the insertion and removal of a card, a baseplate for securing said sheath to a car, closure means for the sheath, said means comprising a cover plate pivoted to said base plate on a trunnion having its axis in a plane transverse to the bore of the sheath, an apron extending forwardly from the cover plate to embrace the top and front sides only of the endof the sheath, and a lid carried by the apron for closing the open end of the sheath.

STERLING H. CAMPBELL. FRANK H. PIETZSCH. 

